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. >> sound is a big thing in prison. if you look out, this yard's pretty nice. everybody is out and about, talking and laughing and having a good time. if the yard goes silent, you know it's all bad. >> if something's going on, you'll feel it. it's just there to be felt. you can tell it and many people smiling, laughing. everybody is circulating. you know what i mean? you can honestly tell, people whispering and talking. this is how it goes. >> and those are the first things -- >> the signs. >> you come to learn in the penitentiary. >> inmates must be even more aware of their environment than an officer. for them, it's all about survival of the fittest. >> using your vibes and looking at the motions and the actions to people from a distance. something is not right. something is not right. so, we've got to watch this here. >> the northern hispanics are our main gang here at san quentin. it's because they're better organized. if you look at the yard, it looks like the blacks control more of the yard. but the blacks are all fragmented into different gang groups. wh
. >> sound is a big thing in prison. if you look out, this yard's pretty nice. everybody is out and about, talking and laughing and having a good time. if the yard goes silent, you know it's all bad. >> if something's going on, you'll feel it. it's just there to be felt. you can tell it and many people smiling, laughing. everybody is circulating. you know what i mean? you can honestly tell, people whispering and talking. this is how it goes. >> and those are the first things...
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one of the whites called the southerners a snitch, so it's a big old standoff. the southerner and the whites, they were horse playing. one of them got upset and they just started fighting. and the south siders, they'll jump in. >> miss one bean, you miss the whole burrito. comes down to fighting the riot. i have to be part of it. >> why? >> if i'm not a part of it, then it's all mad for me. with my people. i'm a soldier. and if i don't do my duty, then it's up to them to take me out of the ball game. >> what does that mean? >> that's it no more. >> the white guy broke it up. he went to the shock collar for the south siders in the building and said you need to check your people. the south siders said, no, i am not going to check my people, you need to check yours. it got heated. the next thing you know, the dorm filled up with south siders and whites. the cops saw what was going on. she called for yard staff to go over there. they ended up cuffing up the shock collar for the whites and for the south siders, and they ended up patting everybody down, sending everyb
one of the whites called the southerners a snitch, so it's a big old standoff. the southerner and the whites, they were horse playing. one of them got upset and they just started fighting. and the south siders, they'll jump in. >> miss one bean, you miss the whole burrito. comes down to fighting the riot. i have to be part of it. >> why? >> if i'm not a part of it, then it's all mad for me. with my people. i'm a soldier. and if i don't do my duty, then it's up to them to take...
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he's getting so big. so big. it's crazy. we call him half-pint, because he looks just like his father, just like his father. >> who is that? >> mommy! >> where is she? >> hi! >> come here. give me a hug. >> huggie huggies. i love you. >> it puts everything into perspective as to needing to do what i need to do. >> do you eat spaghetti? >> ewww. >> i know you like spaghetti. you like jell-o. you should see what we get to eat. then you could say ewww. he's talking so good. playing 1, 2, 3 freeze! >> freeze! honestly, i have to take it as a blessing, and the way i was living with him out there, i was not living with him anyway. i was there physically but not emotionally. >> i will see you on saturday. >> okay. are you ready to go bye-bye? >> nana? >> yes, she's coming. >> mommy? >> no, mommy's not coming, baby. come on. i love you. i love you. bye, baby. >> come on, big boy. ready? give mommy a kiss one more time. >> i love you. >> bye. >> tell her to be good girl. >> be good. >> i will. you be good. be good for nana? okay. i s
he's getting so big. so big. it's crazy. we call him half-pint, because he looks just like his father, just like his father. >> who is that? >> mommy! >> where is she? >> hi! >> come here. give me a hug. >> huggie huggies. i love you. >> it puts everything into perspective as to needing to do what i need to do. >> do you eat spaghetti? >> ewww. >> i know you like spaghetti. you like jell-o. you should see what we get to eat. then you...
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ben's a re/max agent, and he's a big part of this community. re/max agents know their markets, and they care enough to get to know you, too. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today. sure, but let me get a little information first. for broccoli, say one. for toys, say two. toys ! the system can't process your response at this time. what ? please call back between 8 and 5 central standard time. he's in control. goodbye. even kids know it's wrong to give someone the run around. at ally bank you never have to deal with an endless automated system. you can talk to a real person 24/7. it's just the right thing to do. fiber one. uh, forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? um... try the number one! [ jack ] yeah, this is pretty good. [ male announcer ] half a day's worth of fiber. fiber one. >>> we're going to be right back. >> reuben cruz is an inmate who stabbed his cellie multiple times. >> i had just finished my short term of 22 months, and i came down from another prison for attempted murder on another inmate.
ben's a re/max agent, and he's a big part of this community. re/max agents know their markets, and they care enough to get to know you, too. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today. sure, but let me get a little information first. for broccoli, say one. for toys, say two. toys ! the system can't process your response at this time. what ? please call back between 8 and 5 central standard time. he's in control. goodbye. even kids know it's wrong to give someone the run...
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. >> my mom and dad always had a big kickoff for summer. we normally would have been with them. however, they decided about six months before that they were going to hawaii. >> a few minutes before 3:00 p.m., the plane is cleared to taxi to runway 32 right. at 3:02 p.m., it's cleared for takeoff. our investigative animations are about to turn you into an eyewitness to a horrific accident. >> the flight crew, flight 191 starts their normal takeoff. as the airplane departs the runway on the normal climbout, they get the indication that they have an engine failure. >> one of the dc-10's engines has ripped away from the plane, flying up and over the left wing. gone with it are hydraulics and pneumatics, systems critical to controlling the airplane. >> the pilots knew they had a serious problem. they knew the engine had failed, but they didn't know it had come off the airplane. there's no indication for that. >> look at this, look at this. blew up engine. equipment. >> the leading edge slats which give the wing better lift during slow speeds during takeoff and landing are controlled
. >> my mom and dad always had a big kickoff for summer. we normally would have been with them. however, they decided about six months before that they were going to hawaii. >> a few minutes before 3:00 p.m., the plane is cleared to taxi to runway 32 right. at 3:02 p.m., it's cleared for takeoff. our investigative animations are about to turn you into an eyewitness to a horrific accident. >> the flight crew, flight 191 starts their normal takeoff. as the airplane departs the...
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i lost my hair and a big mouth gone for me. i love my hair, i'm a barber, i cutting hair, so i love my hair. i lost that and i thought i lost my life. >> let me see your head. >> it's ashy. i ain't shaved. >> on top? >> i know you got the hookup on that. >> glass' job as a prison barber has allowed him to not only change the way other inmates look, but the way he sees them as well. robert burzee is one of his regulars. >> i sat right here in this chair and said -- >> no, the first time you asked me to cut your hair, i wasn't willing to cut your hair. i thought you were gay. i used to gay bash because i had a homophobia nature. i think everybody does when they're young and in the penitentiary because you think everybody wants you. and you don't want anybody coming at you like that. >> they call you bra-zee now. >> huh? i didn't get that e-mail. what are you talking about? bra-zee. like his last name. make kind of a joke out of it. which is kind of funny, you know. >> so you don't have a problem cutting gay guys' hair? >> as long
i lost my hair and a big mouth gone for me. i love my hair, i'm a barber, i cutting hair, so i love my hair. i lost that and i thought i lost my life. >> let me see your head. >> it's ashy. i ain't shaved. >> on top? >> i know you got the hookup on that. >> glass' job as a prison barber has allowed him to not only change the way other inmates look, but the way he sees them as well. robert burzee is one of his regulars. >> i sat right here in this chair and...
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. >>> the big story today, political poker, washington upping the ante. good afternoon, my name is dylan ratigan. nice to be seeing you. put on your poker face, my friends. president obama summoning congressional leaders back to the white house. first the democrats go with the -- the republicans shortly thereafter. they say they have a bipartisan proposal. we'll see how bernie sanders feels about it. it won't be done in time to raise the desert ceiling. all bets are on a short-term -- expect some sort of gang of six, reid/mcconnell hybrid deal. all you really need to know, whatever this deal is, it does nothing to address the structural causes of our deficit and joblessness from tax reform to trade reform to bank reform. instead you have politicians cutting things that are politically desirable for their constituents so that the politicians can try to keep their jobs while preventing us, the american people, from getting the structural improvements, banks trade, et cetera, that we all so desperately need. the pro wrestling continues. can you keep your job
. >>> the big story today, political poker, washington upping the ante. good afternoon, my name is dylan ratigan. nice to be seeing you. put on your poker face, my friends. president obama summoning congressional leaders back to the white house. first the democrats go with the -- the republicans shortly thereafter. they say they have a bipartisan proposal. we'll see how bernie sanders feels about it. it won't be done in time to raise the desert ceiling. all bets are on a short-term --...
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first inning, big play right off the bat. prado hits one down the line. he tries to stretch it into a triple. jerry is the man on the spot. what's the call this time? punches him out and it looks like he got it right this time. i guess he got it right. i don't know. fourth inning, pedro lvarez. i'll eyes on the ump for another close play at the plate. nice tag there. alvarez called out. this time, bases are loaded, david ross delivers the hit and braves win 2-1. and we can report to you now that the streak is over for the mariners. feelic hernandez on the mound for the m's. scoreless in the top of the third. dustin akly with a shot into the gap. suzuki scores, in the fifth inning, a lot of offense in the mariners who haven't had much of it all season. bases are loaded and it's a single to shallow left. a run scored, and great throw by brett gardner. and the play made at the plate. later in the fifth, more heat striking out curtis granderson to end inning. hernandez went seven innings with five strikeouts. these are awfully long highlights for the mariners
first inning, big play right off the bat. prado hits one down the line. he tries to stretch it into a triple. jerry is the man on the spot. what's the call this time? punches him out and it looks like he got it right this time. i guess he got it right. i don't know. fourth inning, pedro lvarez. i'll eyes on the ump for another close play at the plate. nice tag there. alvarez called out. this time, bases are loaded, david ross delivers the hit and braves win 2-1. and we can report to you now...
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. >> to have this big debate in public before there's a crisis. in greece you know, usausterity debates come after. now before the crisis hits, you're saying it's not eminent and have it again in the election year is good. >> we're not addressing our problems. this is the point. do you believe actually that cutting at this time is going to create jobs? i mean, that's the crisis. there is, in fact, a crisis that's going on right now. >> taxes at this point -- >> there are people across this country without work. peel under incredible economic stress right now. that's the crisis. there is a crisis. >> lowering tax rates at this time will create jobbed. >> right now there's a -- just if we could introduce the fact here, right now the federal tax take is at 15% gdp. that is incredibly -- hang on. hang on. so that is incredibly low. it's incredibly low by global standards. >> yeah. >> industrialized countries, incredibly low by u.s. historical standards. >> 6070 years. >> to have an argument in which the core premise of one of the party's arguing that
. >> to have this big debate in public before there's a crisis. in greece you know, usausterity debates come after. now before the crisis hits, you're saying it's not eminent and have it again in the election year is good. >> we're not addressing our problems. this is the point. do you believe actually that cutting at this time is going to create jobs? i mean, that's the crisis. there is, in fact, a crisis that's going on right now. >> taxes at this point -- >> there are...
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there are three different big deals out there. number one is what the president and speaker boehner and eric cantor are negotiating, which is, yes, a big deal that is separate from anything the gang of six in the senate is working on. and then of course there's mcconnell-reid. one thing that's going on in the last 24 to 48 hours, is any deal that's mcconnell-reid that includes this idea of sort of the disapproval vote, giving the president more power to raise the debt ceiling, that thing has grown to the point of almost being toxic with some house republicans. in fact, they hate it so much, they may prefer to negotiate with the president directly. but for the white house, getting the 217 means making a deal acceptable to at least some of those houses with 87 new members. the man who's made himself their standard bearer, majority leader eric cantor put it this way. >> one-third of the republican conference and one-quarter of the entire house of representatives are freshmen, they're new. many of them have never served in public offi
there are three different big deals out there. number one is what the president and speaker boehner and eric cantor are negotiating, which is, yes, a big deal that is separate from anything the gang of six in the senate is working on. and then of course there's mcconnell-reid. one thing that's going on in the last 24 to 48 hours, is any deal that's mcconnell-reid that includes this idea of sort of the disapproval vote, giving the president more power to raise the debt ceiling, that thing has...
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why this school system doesn't want that is a big question. that needs to change. >> david mcfarland from the trevor project. thanks for your time. i want to pass along to everyone out there, if you or someone is feeling bullied or at risk of suicide for anyone across the board. it doesn't matter if you are part of the lgbt community. you can call the trevor project lifeline at 866-488-7386. this lifeline is free and confidential. >>> here is an amazing statistic. half of all new jobs since the recession added has been added in one state alone. the state's governor might consider using this employment boost to help his run for the white house. there is the man himself. [ male announcer ] this...is the network -- a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... for greater access to all th
why this school system doesn't want that is a big question. that needs to change. >> david mcfarland from the trevor project. thanks for your time. i want to pass along to everyone out there, if you or someone is feeling bullied or at risk of suicide for anyone across the board. it doesn't matter if you are part of the lgbt community. you can call the trevor project lifeline at 866-488-7386. this lifeline is free and confidential. >>> here is an amazing statistic. half of all new...
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this is a big deal. i was there at the beginning when don't ask, don't tell was first put in place by bill clinton. reluctantly but around pressure from the joint chiefs. this has been a difficult history politically. horrendous for so many men and women in the military. thousands over this decade. >> absolutely. a lot of the argument back a couple years ago to repeal it was that the military was losing qualified people especially linguists were forced out because of their sexual orientation. it's also seen -- this repeal is seen as a very, very big win for gays and lesbians who are key supporters of the democrats and president obama. as you'll recall back in the fall he got heckled a couple of times. there's been constant pressure of him to remove the ban and this is going to be something that will go a long way towards having been reenthused about his campaign and re-election process. >> with legislation then for the past year, the service chiefs have been going and surveying people in the mill tar and
this is a big deal. i was there at the beginning when don't ask, don't tell was first put in place by bill clinton. reluctantly but around pressure from the joint chiefs. this has been a difficult history politically. horrendous for so many men and women in the military. thousands over this decade. >> absolutely. a lot of the argument back a couple years ago to repeal it was that the military was losing qualified people especially linguists were forced out because of their sexual...
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it is a big deal. i think that even if a deal is reached, and i believe there will be one and listening to geithner and members of both sides of the aisle saying that we will not default does not mean that the rating agencies will not downgrade u.s. debt which calls in whole other set of questions from the breadth of the full faith and credit and the collateral issue and the mandate of a lot of of the pension funds and insurance funds to only own triple aç securities is more of the shorter term concern. >> but the longer it goes on, one imagines the longer it affects the markets, and today, all of the markets are down? >> well, it is down, but it is a fairly benign reaction given some of the extreme assumptions of when the asian markets were opening that it is a real disaster. the markets are telling you that they have faith that something is going to get done here and you are seeing it on the equities side and the fixed income side in terms of the ten-year treasury yield, and yeah, it is down, but n
it is a big deal. i think that even if a deal is reached, and i believe there will be one and listening to geithner and members of both sides of the aisle saying that we will not default does not mean that the rating agencies will not downgrade u.s. debt which calls in whole other set of questions from the breadth of the full faith and credit and the collateral issue and the mandate of a lot of of the pension funds and insurance funds to only own triple aç securities is more of the shorter...
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i'm contessa brewer covering the big news coast to coast. the big story right now the phone hacking scandal in great britain reaches the highest echelons of government. with prime minister david cameron facing cheers and jeers in an uncommon emergency session of the house of commons. >> i have an old fashioned view about innocent until proven guilty. >> prime minister david cameron addressing the house of commons. >> if it turns out andy coulson knew about the hacking at the news of the world he will not only have lied to me, but he would have lied to the police, to a select committee torque the press complaints commission, and of course, perjured himself in a court of law. >> former news of the world ed tore andy coulson was until january cameron's communications director. >> with 20/20 hindsight and all that has followed i would not have offered him the job and i expect that he wouldn't have taken it. >> coulson was arrested this month suspected of corruption in the u.s. voice mail hacking and police bribery scandal. >> you live and you le
i'm contessa brewer covering the big news coast to coast. the big story right now the phone hacking scandal in great britain reaches the highest echelons of government. with prime minister david cameron facing cheers and jeers in an uncommon emergency session of the house of commons. >> i have an old fashioned view about innocent until proven guilty. >> prime minister david cameron addressing the house of commons. >> if it turns out andy coulson knew about the hacking at the...
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. >>> videotape in the past, some police officers viewed it as another tool for big brother to use against them. no longer. now, more and more cops find the use of video cameras in their cars and station houses to be another effective form of backup. they've helped save millions in legal fees and have been invaluable for taping reputations. but for officers who cross the line or lose control, video can be a powerful force against them. the march 1991 beating of rodney king in los angeles, caught on home video. the july 2000 beating of thomas jones in philadelphia, captured by a news helicopter. incidents like these have helped shape the public debate over police treatment of minorities. but they might have gone unnoticed if they weren't captured on tape. in april 1996, on this rural road in riverside county, california, the u.s. border patrol spots a pickup truck loaded with what are believed to be illegal immigrants. the driver refuses to pull over and the chase is on. 45 minutes later, the truck gets on the interstate, going speeds of 95 miles an hour. police say the occupants of the tru
. >>> videotape in the past, some police officers viewed it as another tool for big brother to use against them. no longer. now, more and more cops find the use of video cameras in their cars and station houses to be another effective form of backup. they've helped save millions in legal fees and have been invaluable for taping reputations. but for officers who cross the line or lose control, video can be a powerful force against them. the march 1991 beating of rodney king in los...
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and we talk as a nation about doing big things. in detroit's case, the mayor has come right out and said what's very difficult to admit. that detroit has to get smaller. that he can't continue to support every neighborhood at the same level, because the city can't raise enough revenue. sound familiar? i want to keep focusing in on detroit here, because i think it's a particularly vivid example of the phenomenon called the hollow prize. you win something. and because of what's happening at the time you win it, the thing you've won tons out to be hollow. you've won a hollow prize. you're dave bing nba basketballç star, hometown hero, you win the race to be mayor. what do you get exactly? consider president obama who took the oath of office in january 2009. let's remember 2009, a month when the u.s. economy shrank the fastest in a quarter century. a month when we lost 600,000 jobs. when it stopped being unusual to find yourself suddenly unemployed or to know people who had just been put out of work. a month when it felt to many like
and we talk as a nation about doing big things. in detroit's case, the mayor has come right out and said what's very difficult to admit. that detroit has to get smaller. that he can't continue to support every neighborhood at the same level, because the city can't raise enough revenue. sound familiar? i want to keep focusing in on detroit here, because i think it's a particularly vivid example of the phenomenon called the hollow prize. you win something. and because of what's happening at the...
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that's the big test. he has it figure out if he can get the 217 votes for this bill, which will probably then be at least in his mind, the blueprint for some sort of negotiations to raise the debt ceiling. i think one of the things that a speaker obviously has to dos well is to set up all of the reelection prospects for the members. so the question in 2012, did the speaker pro individual a viegs, rational off of their candidacy and rational for a republican presidency. so i think that's the real test and there will be many other moments the next couple of months as the presidential race unfolds and as other topics come up in the congress. >> well, we'll see. let me ask another question. are liberal's really feeling left behind in conservatives overjoyed by a new poll showing the president losing support on the left. washington post polls said the numbers who liked the president's records on jobs have dropped 22% so far this year. but the huffington post has looked back at history and in fact, president ob
that's the big test. he has it figure out if he can get the 217 votes for this bill, which will probably then be at least in his mind, the blueprint for some sort of negotiations to raise the debt ceiling. i think one of the things that a speaker obviously has to dos well is to set up all of the reelection prospects for the members. so the question in 2012, did the speaker pro individual a viegs, rational off of their candidacy and rational for a republican presidency. so i think that's the...
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that is the big sticking point. harry reid busy trying to find republican support in the senate for this compromise plan he's going to come up. with he needs about eight to ten republican senators to switch over and say they are going to support him. we did have house speaker john boehner weigh in on this issue. if we can put his statement up, he says "the responsibility to end this crisis is now entirely in the hands of senator reid and president obama." house speaker boehner saying he has done everything he can to get this debt ceiling increased by that august 2nd deadline. he is saying the responsibility is with the democrats. all eyes have been on senate leader, republican senate leader mitch mcconnell to see if he will get behind harry reid and help him rally the troops. so far that hasn't happened. mitch mcconnell has said he wants the white house to come to the table. no word if that is going to happen at this point. again, right now all eyes are on the senate. senator harry reid's plan to increase the debt c
that is the big sticking point. harry reid busy trying to find republican support in the senate for this compromise plan he's going to come up. with he needs about eight to ten republican senators to switch over and say they are going to support him. we did have house speaker john boehner weigh in on this issue. if we can put his statement up, he says "the responsibility to end this crisis is now entirely in the hands of senator reid and president obama." house speaker boehner saying...
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>> quite a big one, contessa. we can report that earlier this morning the house call center the communication arm of the house in charge of all the house telephones sent out an email to members saying quote, due to the high volume of external calls to the house telephone circuits they are near capacity. some members should be receiving busy signals. several house websites crashed specifically that of speaker of the house john boehner. the question is whether or not it will transfer into some sort of change of what the status quo is right now and that really is both sides digging in quite rigidly on their plans. democrats supporting harry reid's plan the $2.7 trillion cut across the board. republicans in favor of john boehner's plan, with an extension of the debt limit. that's where both sides are still very much. >> kristen, let's talk with you about where the white house goes from here. can they capitalize on this? the people are willing to go online -- i had trouble getting on the house website today maybe not c
>> quite a big one, contessa. we can report that earlier this morning the house call center the communication arm of the house in charge of all the house telephones sent out an email to members saying quote, due to the high volume of external calls to the house telephone circuits they are near capacity. some members should be receiving busy signals. several house websites crashed specifically that of speaker of the house john boehner. the question is whether or not it will transfer into...
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big news on civil rights tonight. an historic announcement scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at the pentagon. why bury an historic civil rights announcement on a friday afternoon in july? i will never understand why they schedule these things like this. more details ahead. somewhere in america, there's a doctor who can peer into the future. there's a nurse who can access in an instant every patient's past. and because the whole hospital's working together, there's a family who can breathe easy, right now. somewhere in america, we've already answered some of the nation's toughest healthcare questions. and the over 60,000 people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens. answers. with other top companies. with an esurance quote, you know you're getting a great deal. you can thank our tech team for that. sure, i'll let them know. bye-bye. aha! anything you want to share? with the tech team? oh, i'm dating that girl in accounting. seriously? yeah, we're pretty serious. [ female announcer ] know if you're getting a great
big news on civil rights tonight. an historic announcement scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at the pentagon. why bury an historic civil rights announcement on a friday afternoon in july? i will never understand why they schedule these things like this. more details ahead. somewhere in america, there's a doctor who can peer into the future. there's a nurse who can access in an instant every patient's past. and because the whole hospital's working together, there's a family who can breathe easy,...
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i'm contessa brewer covering the big news coast to coast. we begin with breaking news out of texas, where authorities have arrested an army private assigned to fort campbell, kentucky. officials found bomb-making materials in his hotel room. that arrest came after someone reportedly overheard the private threatening to stage an attack on the army post at fort hood. fort hood was the scene of a deadly shooting attack in november 2009. major nadal hassan is accused of killing 13 people and wounding dozens of others. pete williams has the latest from washington now. pete, what do you know about this arrest of the private? >> reporter: right. well, good afternoon. you saw killeen, texas on that map. that's where he was arrested. he's a private first class assigned to fort campbell, but arrested in texas yesterday and according to law enforcement officials, what happened is he went into a gun store in killeen, texas and was asking questions that the gun store owner thought was suspicious. he was also buying smokeless powder which can be used for
i'm contessa brewer covering the big news coast to coast. we begin with breaking news out of texas, where authorities have arrested an army private assigned to fort campbell, kentucky. officials found bomb-making materials in his hotel room. that arrest came after someone reportedly overheard the private threatening to stage an attack on the army post at fort hood. fort hood was the scene of a deadly shooting attack in november 2009. major nadal hassan is accused of killing 13 people and...
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i think the big difference is the extent, the time. and he didn't mention that in this, so he's no longer safe yi that it has to get us past 2012. that is also one of the big sticking points is how long will the debt ceiling extension be. >> all right. we're just getting a note here from the associated press. do we still have dave weigel there and emily? >> still here, chris. >> all right, i don't know if either of you heard this, but the house gop is said now that it's going to change the stalled bill and the vote could come as soon as sometime today. what would you expect that to be, dave? >> if they actually hold a vote, that means they won a few people over. there were a couple of problems, some members had, with the pell grant payments in this bill. and if they change that, then they get a bill that can at least move out of the house. but we're talking about real kabuki here. if they end up changing that component to get a few more of those votes, that's the kind of thing that might be tweaked again later for when this returns to
i think the big difference is the extent, the time. and he didn't mention that in this, so he's no longer safe yi that it has to get us past 2012. that is also one of the big sticking points is how long will the debt ceiling extension be. >> all right. we're just getting a note here from the associated press. do we still have dave weigel there and emily? >> still here, chris. >> all right, i don't know if either of you heard this, but the house gop is said now that it's going...
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i'm sure that was an edified discussion for their big senate plan, which the president likes, but it is not the president and the senate who need to get together to decide this thing. it's the president and the senate and the drunk kids at the other end of the building who are setting their barbies on fire and cooking metal in the microwave until it explodes. watch it burn! watch it burn! honestly, time for a reality check here. house republicans are not trying to drive a hard bargain and get the best deal possible. house republicans do not want to raise the debt ceiling. for anything. they would please not like to raise the debt ceiling. they would like to go into default, thank you very much. house republicans have been actively making that argument for weeks now that hitting the debt ceiling, oh, that won't hurt a bit, who cares? republican congressman mo brooks of alabama told the washington post this week that on the contrary, all credit rating should be improved by not raising the debt ceiling, which is like saying you're looking forward to how that sledge hammer is going to im
i'm sure that was an edified discussion for their big senate plan, which the president likes, but it is not the president and the senate who need to get together to decide this thing. it's the president and the senate and the drunk kids at the other end of the building who are setting their barbies on fire and cooking metal in the microwave until it explodes. watch it burn! watch it burn! honestly, time for a reality check here. house republicans are not trying to drive a hard bargain and get...
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those are the big sellers. the kabobs and burritos, not so much. we've seen people taking water breaks, sitting down on the park benches as well. and the good news in new york is that the record-breaking heat is over and we're going to start to see some relief, which is a relative term. 100 yesterday. today lower 90s. back into the 80s as we head to the start of the workweek. and the average high is 85 degrees, where we should actually be. further to the south, though, a little bit of relief, but down to d.c., virginia, north carolina, and then westward in the middle of the country the heat is going to continue. and consider what we've seen over the last week, from monday through saturday, 845 record highs set across the country. over 2,000 record high or low temperatures. temperatures in the middle of the night that in many cities did not get below 80 degrees. that's what makes it difficult on our bodies. no escape from the heat even in the dead of night. alex? >> okay, eric fibber, thank you for that. >>> let's go now to sports beyond the scores
those are the big sellers. the kabobs and burritos, not so much. we've seen people taking water breaks, sitting down on the park benches as well. and the good news in new york is that the record-breaking heat is over and we're going to start to see some relief, which is a relative term. 100 yesterday. today lower 90s. back into the 80s as we head to the start of the workweek. and the average high is 85 degrees, where we should actually be. further to the south, though, a little bit of relief,...
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we have a big show tomorrow. on the show, senate budget committee chairman kent conrad and congressman tom price from the budget committee, and former white house deputy press secretary bill burton and the new york times business reporter andrew sorkin and lawrence o'donnell host of "last word with lawrence o'donnell" on msnbc, and my colleague tamron hall is off today, and thomas roberts is standing in for her. >> we are following the latest at the white house where lawmakers are trying to come to a compromise. now in order to prevent default which is seven days away, what happens if america's credit rating is ultimately downgraded. >>> and david wu says he is resigning from office amid a sex scandal, but not immediately, and we will have details on "newsnation" up next. 3q double shift... i need a break. he needs some gellin'. yeahhhhhhh. gellin' is like having a teeny tiny foot masseuse in your shoe. you like ? nice ! dr. scholl's massaging gel insoles. outrageous comfort, all-day long. but afraid you can't af
we have a big show tomorrow. on the show, senate budget committee chairman kent conrad and congressman tom price from the budget committee, and former white house deputy press secretary bill burton and the new york times business reporter andrew sorkin and lawrence o'donnell host of "last word with lawrence o'donnell" on msnbc, and my colleague tamron hall is off today, and thomas roberts is standing in for her. >> we are following the latest at the white house where lawmakers...
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>> there's clearly a big opening. there's a big group of the republican party that's not that enthusiastic about mitt romney, hasn't been for some time. if they're not now, they probably never will be. i think there's a group that would tolerate him because they think he's electable. michele bachma has caught fire, especially with tea party activists, but it's not clear that enough republicans think she would be electable. and i think rick perry is looking at the field and saying i can bridge those two. he's talking to donors who sat out who are saying we'd like to back you to do that. there's certainly an opening, it's not too late, although there are difficulties getting in as far as getting consultants and locking some of the big bundlers, but they're not prohibitive. >> jonathan, we have rick perry, a charismatic and certainly likes the attention kind of politician. is this a ploy for media attention or do you think that he's really ramping up as he gives that quote which is so kind of all over the place. but the
>> there's clearly a big opening. there's a big group of the republican party that's not that enthusiastic about mitt romney, hasn't been for some time. if they're not now, they probably never will be. i think there's a group that would tolerate him because they think he's electable. michele bachma has caught fire, especially with tea party activists, but it's not clear that enough republicans think she would be electable. and i think rick perry is looking at the field and saying i can...
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are going up, then how can you say that soda is a driving factor in the obesity, and it seems like a big stretch. >> okay. wow. we will see what happens with the legal action and the debate especially when we look at the numbers for obesity of children and adults in the country, because it is stunning. thank you, kevin, for coming out to tell your side of the story. >> thank for having me. >>> and the fallout of the "news of the world" phone hacking stretching the globe. there are reports that british investigators are looking for potential phone hacking of 31 reporters at 31 different publications. and scotland yard has expanded the investigation to 60 officers, and meanwhile in australia, their government is introducing legislation allowing citizens to sue for serious invasion of privacy. >>> and coming up, alabama followed arizona passing a tougher immigration law to make it against the law to take an illegal immigrant to the hospital. today a civil rights organization filed a lawsuit to challenge the law. and i will talk to the alabama lawmaker who calls the legislation one of the mo
are going up, then how can you say that soda is a driving factor in the obesity, and it seems like a big stretch. >> okay. wow. we will see what happens with the legal action and the debate especially when we look at the numbers for obesity of children and adults in the country, because it is stunning. thank you, kevin, for coming out to tell your side of the story. >> thank for having me. >>> and the fallout of the "news of the world" phone hacking stretching the...
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it is ridiculous that these guys won't even budge on writing checks to big oil. they're more willing to decimate medicare than they are willing to take a dime away from the most profitable corporations on the planet, that's taxpayer money, that's going to those corporations. so, i do think that compromise is going to have to be shown in some regard when it comes to revenues are cleaning out the tax goodies in the tax code. >> so, let's focus on this revenue thing. one of the centerpieces of this deal that i know hasn't been well received on your side of the aisle is this idea that any of the loopholes that could get closed, any of that stuff, is basically being punted to tax reform. now, if the bush tax cuts go away for the wealthiest, if any of that happens. is that sort of trust but verified approach okay with you? >> well, i think it might be. clearly, we want to do away with the tax cuts for the wealthy. we tried to do that last december. and couldn't get the votes, but i know the president feels strongly about that. i know that most democrats feel very stron
it is ridiculous that these guys won't even budge on writing checks to big oil. they're more willing to decimate medicare than they are willing to take a dime away from the most profitable corporations on the planet, that's taxpayer money, that's going to those corporations. so, i do think that compromise is going to have to be shown in some regard when it comes to revenues are cleaning out the tax goodies in the tax code. >> so, let's focus on this revenue thing. one of the centerpieces...
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coming up, big news overseas. british numbers papers saying james murdock misrepresented parliament. >> also, news in the united states. a settlement from years back. a hacking settlement. almost $30 million. is it coming here? looks like it. >> ( rooster crows ) >> by 2020, 50 billion network devices will roam the earth. that's seven devices per person. this will change how we work in ways we've never before imagined. what do you need to secure your people, their devices, and your business? a network that can evolve and grow to protect your human network. [ jerry ] i'm a grandfather, a retired teacher, and i count on social security. here's what i'm not... a pushover. right now, some in washington want to make a deal cutting the social security and medicare benefits we worked for. with billions in waste and loopholes, how could they look at us? maybe we seem like an easy target... until you realize... there are 50 million of us. [ female announcer ] tell the politicians: cut waste and loopholes, not our benefits.
coming up, big news overseas. british numbers papers saying james murdock misrepresented parliament. >> also, news in the united states. a settlement from years back. a hacking settlement. almost $30 million. is it coming here? looks like it. >> ( rooster crows ) >> by 2020, 50 billion network devices will roam the earth. that's seven devices per person. this will change how we work in ways we've never before imagined. what do you need to secure your people, their devices, and...